The Kremlin supports Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's wish "to return Donbas" for humanitarian reasons but does not accept any claims on Crimea, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, according to TASS.

"If he meant returning Donbas for humanitarian reasons, this statement can be supported,"said Peskov when asked by TASS how the Kremlin responded to Poroshenko's statement he wants to bring back Crimea and Donetsk the wayNadiya Savchenko had been brought.